Shops in Wallonia will no longer automatically print paper receipts as of Thursday, according to confirmation from the office of Walloon Environment Minister Céline Tellier. Customers can
still request a receipt, which can be provided through email or SMS. Exceptions exist for specific sectors like hotels, restaurants, catering, car washes, and products with legal guarantee periods.
The transition will be phased in to give businesses time to adjust. Around five billion receipts are printed annually in Belgium. The decision to end automatic receipt printing is attributed to "hygienic and environmental reasons" by Tellier's office.
Brussels has not discussed a similar measure, while discussions are ongoing in Flanders within the regional government, as stated by the Public Waste Agency of Flanders. Photo by Donald Trung Quoc Don (Chữ Hán: 徵國單) - Wikimedia Commons - © CC BY-SA 4.0 International.